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Merri River (Dennington)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Melbourne

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📍 Merri River (Dennington)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 315° · 4 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.1 °C Pressure: 1018.7 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:30 pm
Solunar 13 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 65 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 83 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 S 6 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 69 out of 100 16.1 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:09 am Last light 8:21 pm
High 12:00 pm Low 8:40 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
8:00 pm → 9:30 pm
58
1h 30m
Good
6:00 am → 7:00 am
50
1h
Good
9:30 am → 10:00 am
45
30m
First light
6:09 am
Last light
8:21 pm
Sunrise
6:36 am
Sunset
7:53 pm
Moonrise
2:41 pm
Moonset
3:52 am
High tide
12:00 pm
Low tide
8:40 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
243°
1 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
225°
1 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
360°
0 km/h
3am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
9°
1 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
4°
2 km/h
5am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
3°
4 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
360°
5 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
↑︎
N
358°
7 km/h
8am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
355°
8 km/h
9am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
346°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
337°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
328°
7 km/h
12pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
315°
4 km/h
1pm
🌧️
20°
↙︎
SW
225°
2 km/h
2pm
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
180°
5 km/h
3pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
178°
6 km/h
4pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
182°
6 km/h
5pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
183°
6 km/h
6pm
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
178°
6 km/h
7pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
171°
7 km/h
8pm
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
162°
6 km/h
9pm
🌧️
16°
↘︎
SE
133°
3 km/h
10pm
🌧️
16°
↗︎
NE
56°
4 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
↗︎
NE
32°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.0 → 1.6 m SW
12am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Sun
18 Oct
15.7°
Mon
19 Oct
15.7°
Tue
20 Oct
16.0°
Wed
21 Oct
16.1°
Thu
22 Oct
16.4°
Fri
23 Oct
16.6°
Sat
24 Oct
16.1°
Sun
25 Oct
16.2°
Mon
26 Oct
16.3°
Tue
27 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h NW (315°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.